The senators say the one-time increase won't have the lasting effect of a permanent addition to the defense budget.

Sen. Susan Collins criticized parts of President Donald Trump's 2026 budget proposal Friday and said the Senate spending committee that she chairs has set an "aggressive" hearing schedule to learn ...

Senate Republicans have narrowly voted down a Democratic resolution that would have blocked global tariffs announced by ...

A Senate vote to scrap President Trump’s wide-ranging “Liberation Day” tariffs narrowly failed on Wednesday, sparing ...

Although the 2026 budget will be the first to provide more than $1 trillion for the Pentagon, three prominent Senate ...

Susan Collins of Maine, the chairwoman of the appropriations committee; and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on defense — expressed their disdain for ...

A resolution to reject President Donald Trump’s global tariffs failed in a tied vote in the Senate on Wednesday, after two ...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump narrowly avoided a rebuke from the U.S. Senate on his tariffs due to one Democratic ...

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